UNBL is a free, open-source environment that does not require any previous GIS experience. Powered by\u00a0UNEP-WCMC<\/a> and the Planetary Computer<\/a>, UNBL works to harness emerging technologies and innovation to support state-of-the art infrastructure and user-centric design.<\/p>\n\t Download brochure:<\/strong> English<\/a> | French<\/a> |\u00a0Spanish<\/a> | Portuguese<\/a> | Russian<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t <\/p>\n UNDP, UNEP and its specialist biodiversity centre UNEP-WCMC, and the CBD Secretariat – together with our technical partners and data providers – bring together data and users to create innovative solutions to address our planetary emergency. Through our partnership, we engage nearly 200 countries, allowing for dynamic updates to the platform based on user needs. Relationships with technical partners and data providers ensures the provision of cutting-edge tools and data to take action for nature and sustainable development. Together, we align our work to the UN Common Approach for Biodiversity<\/a> and the UN Secretary General’s Data Strategy<\/a>, leveraging open data to create a solution-driven, user-friendly platform.<\/p>\n\t <\/p>\n The UNBL convening partners work in dynamic partnership to ensure all stakeholders can generate insights from spatial data to take action for nature and sustainable development. <\/p>\n\t UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion.<\/p>\n Learn more \u2192<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\t Setting the global environmental agenda and promoting the coherent implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development.<\/p>\n Learn more \u2192\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\t <\/p>\n\t The UNBL technical partners ensure our platform uses state of the art technology and infrastructure to ensure anyone can discover, access, and use data.<\/p>\n\t We gratefully acknowledge the support of the donors that have made UNBL possible. <\/p>\n\t Do you have data that would enrich the public platform of UNBL? Are you willing to be a part of a scientific community committed to the open sharing of spatial data? If you have global data that addresses biodiversity, climate change, or sustainable development, we want to hear from you.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShare your data\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t How are you using spatial data for insight and action in your work? UNBL works to highlight diverse use cases from around the world. Our team will work with you to build a photo essay or google earth story to highlight your achievements. Success stories will be shared in our Featured Stories section.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTell your story\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We live in a deeply interconnected world, where the health of natural and human systems underpins the future of our societies, economies, and planet. Spatial data brings together intelligence generated from sources as diverse as satellites orbiting the earth, national and global science teams, and the deep place-based knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unbiodiversitylab.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unbiodiversitylab.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unbiodiversitylab.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unbiodiversitylab.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unbiodiversitylab.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":196,"href":"https:\/\/unbiodiversitylab.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4226,"href":"https:\/\/unbiodiversitylab.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/4226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unbiodiversitylab.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/unbiodiversitylab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/UNBL-Brochure.jpg\")
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